Re: A Hardware Question for web designing

I believe that ou may be trying to cure the symptom and not the problem.
What is your operating system?  Did you reapply service packs after
installing new software?  Are all you program patches up to date?  Do you
defragment your Hard Drive on a regular basis?

The problem you are describing may be software memory leak or excessive
fragmentation, neither of which will be cured by a new system.  I can assist
you in checking some areas that may indicate the problems if you will
message me off-list.

 There have been some recent announcements with regards to hardware and the
system you are describing may not be your best investment over the long
haul.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Whittley" <jnwhittley(at)fuse.net>
To: "HWG-Techniques" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 4:40 PM
Subject: A Hardware Question for web designing


> Hello group,
>
> I have a question dealing with hardware.  Based on the programs you use to
do
> your web designing, and your graphics.  If you were going to change out
your
> system today what types of boards and processors would you recommend?
>
> The reason I ask is I am going to be upgrading soon.  One issue I have had
as
> of late with my Intel PII 350, and my Gigabyte main board, with 128 mb
ram, is
> memory drain.  When I have Paint Shop Pro open, with my Arachnophilia,
ICQ,
> Netscape, and sometimes MSIE, and my Outlook Express.  I can work for a
while
> but then things start to get slow. As I use these programs.. updating
pages,
> and working on graphics, and reloading the server, then system performance
> gets worse.  I then reach a point that if I don't reboot, I risk losing
work.
>
> I am going to change hardware shortly..  My pick so far  is the AMD
> Thunderbird 1000 MHz and the Tyan S2390 Socket A Via KT-133 Chipset 200
MHz
> 1.5 GB memory 2x 4x AGP, ATX.  I also plan on 256 Mb Ram.
>
> I realize that for GAMING, there are certain processors and boards that
are
> recommended. For web designing, and the many applications that we have to
run
> simultaniously, I was curious, if anyone else has experienced the drain,
and
> if they have found hardware better suited for the job?
>
> If this is considered off topic, you can email me privately, but I feel
this
> is sort of important.  What I have been reading on some of these Techie
sites,
> is interesting and have overclocking specs, and how things perform in
Gaming.
> But we are not  gaming.  So, any experiences would be helpful.
>
> Have you experienced any system performance drains?
> What programs that you use do you see significant memory usage from?
> Do you find yourself rebooting often to regain lost memory?
> Of the software programs you use for your coding, ie..(html) Dreamweaver,
> Hotmetal Pro, Frontpage, etc...or (graphics) Paint Shop Pro, Adobe...etc..
> which of these are memory hogs (my name for it)?
>
> Are there sites that discuss this topic other than gaming technical sites?
I
> am really curious about this, since without the hardware our jobs would be
> impossible.  Maybe I am just missing something, but I feel this "is" and
> issue.
>
> Tell me what you think.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Nancy
>

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